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Mt. Rainier

Join IMG On Mt. Rainier This Winter

October 23, 2020 While the bulk of summer season on Mt. Rainier is sold out, we still have availability on some of our winter Avalanche & Denali Prep Courses. AIARE Avalanche Level 1 – Whether you are new to exploring the mountains during the winter or want to freshen up on your snow and avalanche […]

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2021 Rainier Dates Released

October 13, 2020 After an abbreviated 2020 season on Mt. Rainier, we’re happy to announce a full slate of programs in 2021! 6.5 Day Denali Prep Seminar – This program is a perfect introduction to extreme cold weather mountaineering and a prerequisite for a guided Denali Expedition. Learn crevasse rescue, sled rigging & hauling, expedition […]

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2020 Mt. Rainier Season Is Wrapped…2021 Dates Out Soon

September 30, 2020   We’re happy to report that the 2020 Mt. Rainier season is wrapped.  Our final climb came off the mountain yesterday, and our Camp Muir Teardown Team (Rikki Dunn, Anna Hicks, Peter Dale, Nicole Sims, Dan Reithmuller & Jay Lyons) all descended today after two hard days of work battening down the […]

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Smokey Mountains

Friday morning from Camp Muir (Anna Hicks)

September 11, 2020   As a guide service we don’t spend a lot of time in the Smokey Mountains…unfortunately this year things are a little different. As the wildfires burn across the Western US, we’ve been lucky. Not only have the fires avoided the Ashford area, the smoke hasn’t been nearly as bad as the […]

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Mt. Rainier Rarely Disappoints

Hard to beat a sunrise on Mt. Rainier! (Jonathan Schrock)

September 4, 2020   Like most guides, IMG Guide Jonathan Schrock bounces around quite a bit. This week he was on Mt. Rainier for a couple climbs (and a couple of summits) and snapped a few beautiful photos too good not to share. He’s since departed for Bend, OR, but will be back for a […]

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Rainier 2021 Update

The summit crater (Nickel Wood)

August 26, 2020   As this climbing season cruises along, we’ve been hard at work behind the scenes planning for 2021. We will be pushing out some more information in the coming weeks. In the meantime, if you want to climb Mt. Rainier with IMG in 2021 be sure to sign-up for our e-newsletter. Hope […]

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Not All Heroes Wear Capes

August 13, 2020   If you’ve climbed with IMG, or with any other guide service for that matter, you’ll agree that guides work hard, very hard. Obviously it’s great when their hard work is recognized with gratuity at the end of a climb, but it’s also great when the hard work is appreciated from afar, […]

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Cold Weather Is Not Always A Bad Thing

August 7, 2020   Things are cranking right along on Mt. Rainier. Our DC team summited yesterday in some cold & windy conditions, but did so in good form. Up next is our Glacier Skills Seminar team who made their way from the the Paradise Glacier to Camp Muir yesterday. Today they’re moving up to […]

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Busy Days On Mt. Rainier

August 4, 2020 It’s been a busy few days on Mt. Rainier!  Let’s start with our Women’s climb, led by Anna Hicks. They summited yesterday morning and made their way down to Paradise in the afternoon. Passing them on the Muir Snowfield was our uphill DC team lead by Keith Rumburg. A little to the […]

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Third Team Summit Of Mt. Rainier This Week

July 24, 2020 IMG Lead Guide Justin Merle & his team got as high as they could on Mt. Rainier yesterday. Turns out there’s a pretty good view from the summit! This team was our third to reach the summit this week. We hope the streak continues tonight with Leanne & her team staged at […]

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